Frederic Brenner was born in France in 1959. He is best know for his opus Diaspora, the result of a 25-year search in 40 countries to create a visual record of the Jewish people at the end of the twentieth century. Brenner has had solo exhibits at venues such as the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography in New York, Recontres Internationales de la Photography Arles. the Musee de L'Elysee in Lausanne, as well as in Mexico City, Tel Aviv, Paris, Amsterdam and Bueno Aires. Winner of Prix de Rome (1993), the Prix de Salon de la Photo (1982) and the Prix Niece (1981), he has also directed an original film and has published seven books.